| Model |
ST6000VX001 |
| Formatted capacity (512 bytes/sector) |
6000GB (6TB) |
| Guaranteed sectors |
11,721,045,168 |
| Heads |
8 |
| Disks |
4 |
| Bytes per sector (emulated at 512-byte sectors) |
4096 (physical) |
| Default sectors per track |
63 |
| Default read/write heads |
16 |
| Default cylinders |
16383 |
| Recording density (max) |
2294 kB/in |
| Track density (avg) |
540 ktracks/in |
| Areal density (avg) |
1203 Gb/in2 |
| SATA interface transfer rate |
600 MB/s |
| Maximum data transfer rate |
185 MB/s |
| ATA data-transfer modes supported |
PIO modes: 0 to 4 |
| Multiword DMA modes: 0 to 2 |
| Ultra DMA modes 0 to 6 |
| Cache buffer |
256MB |
| Height (max) |
26.1mm / 1.028 in |
| Width (max) |
101.6mm (± 0.25) / 4.0 in (± 0.010) |
| Length (max) |
146.99mm / 5.787 in |
| Weight (typical) |
610g / 1.345 lb |
| Average latency |
6.0 ms |
| Power-on to ready (typ) |
15.0s |
| Standby to ready (typ) |
15.0s |
| Startup current (typical) 12V |
1.8A |
| Voltage tolerance (including noise) |
5V ±5% |
| 12V ±10% |
| Non-Operating (Ambient °C) |
–40° to 70° |
| Operating ambient temperature (min °C) |
0° |
| Operating temperature (drive case max °C) |
70° |
| Temperature gradient |
20°C per hour max (operating) |
| 30°C per hour max (non-operating) |
| Relative humidity |
5% to 90% (operating) |
| 5% to 95% (non-operating) |
| Relative humidity gradient (max) |
30% per hour |
| Wet bulb temperature (max) |
30°C max (operating) |
| 40°C max (non-operating) |
| Altitude, operating |
–304m to 3048m |
| (–1000 ft to 10,000 ft) |
| Altitude, non-operating |
–304m to12,192m |
| (below mean sea level, max) |
(–1000 ft to 40,000+ ft) |
| Operational shock (max) |
80Gs (read) / 70Gs (write) at 2ms |
| Non-operational shock (max) |
300 Gs at 2ms |
| Vibration, operating |
10Hz to 22Hz: 0.25 Gs, Limited displacement |
| 22Hz to 350Hz: 0.50 Gs |
| 350Hz to 500Hz: 0.25 Gs |
| Vibration, non-operating |
5Hz to 22Hz: 3.0 Gs |
| 22Hz to 350Hz: 3.0 Gs |
| 350Hz to 500Hz: 3.0 Gs |
